2016 Bills

SB 294 ensures that returning veterans know of their right to state pension credit for their periods of active military service.

SB 563 will increase transparency and accountability within the workers’ compensation review process by ensuring that there are no inappropriate incentives for doctors to modify, delay, or deny requests for medically necessary services.

SB 877 will require the State Department of Public Health to collect data on violent deaths so the state can better understand and prevent fatal violence in our communities.

SB 947 removes barriers for needy families to participate in California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program (CalWORKs) by allowing them to be interviewed on the phone or through electronic means in lieu of an in-person interview.

SB 1058 ensures that hospital police supervisors receive salary and benefits that are at least generally the economic equivalent to the salary and benefits granted to the employees they supervise—making it easier for state hospitals to recruit and retain qualified employees.

SB 1095 makes sure that all newborn babies are tested for rare diseases that would otherwise go undiagnosed and untreated by making sure that California follows the federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel’s recommendations. This bill would save lives and allow for cost-effective medical treatment.

SB 1189 would require all autopsies to be conducted by a forensic pathologist. Additionally, if law enforcement personnel was directly involved with the care and custody of an individual who died in their care, then they will not be allowed inside the autopsy room during the performance of the autopsy.

SB 1238 would allow health care providers in state correctional facilities to publish and learn from medical data in order to provide higher quality health care for the more than 127,000 inmates they serve.